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1.The ghost of Annie: Artist Christopher Hope-King who had premises at 13a, the Old Mill, Wimborne, said he felt the presence of Annie most days.

The story goes that sometime in the 18th century a young girl called Annie took supper to the miller. He, as legend has it, had his wicked way with her, and she, very shocked, ran out of the building, fell into the Millstream and died.

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2. Former Mayor of Wimborne, Margery Ryan, lives in Lewens Lane in a house, parts of which date back to the 16th century. She recounted that many years before when she was expecting one of her sons, she awoke suddenly and became aware than the room was icy cold and felt someone was by her bed. The temperature then reverted to normal. Subsequently two of her children often used to say they heard laughter and saw a little old man.

3. One summer’s day Barbara Lamb and her husband decided to drive from their home in Ferndown to Cranborne. They stopped at Knowlton Church and Barbara, leaving her husband in the car, got out to investigate.

She said she felt as if the area was filled with people wearing sackcloth, moving around, but not affecting her. “It was quite fascinating and rather weird,” she said.

4. During the summer of 1992, Peter Stafford from Ferndown was cycling between Wimborne and Wimborne St Giles. He had stopped to have a rest at Knowlton Church when two couples started to make their way towards him.

He said at the time: “As they came near, one of the women suddenly became engulfed in mist. The woman disappeared and was replaced by a very beautiful young girl who appeared to be about seven months pregnant.”

Peter then said he heard the following conversation.

Man’s voice - ‘who’s he?’ Woman’s voice ‘I don’t know Bert’. Man’s voice ‘What were you and Ethel up to while me and Jack were up the pub last night?’ Woman’s voice ‘nothing were we Ethel? No Marge we weren’t. Ain’t never seen him before’.

The events so affected Peter that he researched his family tree and came to the conclusion that one of the shadowy figures could have been one of his ancestors.

5. Ferndown reader Ronnie Williams told us about his experience at Lytchett Matravers in the early forties.

He and his young friends were out and about when they came across the ruin of an old house.

They didn’t stay long, but as they left to go home, Ronnie turned to look at the house once more and instead of a derelict shell the building was intact.

Subsequently a reader told us that it would have been Lytchett Matravers Manor House, and the story goes that it was built on consecrated ground and was haunted.